Pedal Line Friday :: Ian K.

I included two images as the board I used for this build is the new Gator/Vertex flatboard 27x13 with a riser. I chose this board as it was compact enough to fit everything compared to my old board, but still feel sizable enough that I have a lot of options. 

To start I have the boss tuner, it is a tried and true. Though, when gigging I usually swap this out for my Shure GLXD-16 wireless. 

After that I have the Wampler Ego compressor. I do not use compressors very often, but it does have a necessary sound when I gig with a country band. It interacts very differently when I switch between my single coils and humbuckers. I can almost use it to help keep the signal pretty level between the guitars. 

After the compressor we go into the RJM pbc6x. The RJM is the brain of my board. Having 6 loops and an additional Insert loop, midi control, and amp switching with a trs cable the amount of programming I can get out of this unit is worth its weight in gold. I play in an original project and a cover band and needing to recall certain effects or sounds for the show is way easier with this unit. 

The first loop houses the Wampler Germanium Tumnus deluxe. 

The Tumnus is a klon clone and honestly my most used drive pedal. I particularly enjoy engaging it for leads with an already crunchy tone to just give it a little more sizzle. 

The next pedal is a weird twilight audio dumble esc overdrive. I found it locally and fell in love with it. Supposedly talking to the builder it is similar to something like the zen drive. I haven't found where I will use it yet but I really enjoy how it sounds. 

The third loop is under the shelf and it is the boss BD-2 waza. I really think the BD-2 is slept on as a drive pedal. I tend to use it as my main crunch on a clean/edge of break up sound in my amp. 

Loop 4 is the keeley D and M drive. This pedal has been on my board for like 5 or 6 years now. I just find having a two sided overdrive for clean amps if I have a backline fender style or 1 channel amp. That was the idea between all the gain stages/ pedals either used for flavor or if I have a backline clean style amp I can build the gain structure I am used to with all of these drive pedals. 

Loop 5 is the hx one. I have used a helix/stadium for some fly gigs and really enjoyed the effects I got out of it. The hx one is perfect for me as a utility pedal. I have it connected to the mission expression pedal. It lets me simulate a wah, drop effects, or any type of modulation I would need for any song the band covers or for some of the original project's particular effects. 

The final loop is the Wampler Catacombs. I think the format of this pedal is for all you can get out of it. It covers all of my delay and reverb needs and it is midi programmable when I need specific effects. 

I have the dunlop dvp4 mini expression wired to the catacombs as well. The insert loop is wired to my patch bay from Rattlesnake so I can do 4cm and run my effects loop. 

In the loop I have a db boost from the keeley katana and a Boss NS-2. The loops are completely programmable so I can move them between the insert point to add the hx one to the fx loop if it is necessary. The midi through on top of my power supply is to midi control my amp. 

In addition Hank wired my patch bay and marked it with a trs jack so I could do amp switching through the patch bay. 

For gigging my typical amp setup is a Friedman be - 100 dlx with a 4x12 and one of Hank's custom looms that you can see plugged into the board. 

Overall this board build was to be flexible as possible and cover as much ground as possible. I think I nailed that for the cover band and my original project. Having the patch bay and custom loom really ties everything together for a clean look on stage and I can't wait to take this board out soon for some gigging!

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About a million years ago, I used to run a blog called EffectsBay. On that blog, the most popular feature I would run was Pedal Line Friday. This is where readers of the site would send pics of their pedalboard and a short (sometimes long) write-up of routing and thoughts about specific pedals and the reasoning why they liked it, etc. Readers. loved this. It was a great way to learn about new applications or techniques regarding pedals. It also brought a little inspiration and knowledge about pedals you were not familiar with. It also brought a great sense of community - people like sharing and absorbing cool things, right? It was a super popular feature, and I loved putting them together.

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